Mechanical eye.



, Witnesses 1, A. MANNING. MECHANICAL EYE. APPLICATIUII FILED "IN; 12.19M.

1, 1 37,772. Patented May 4, 1915.

Attorneys I. A. MANNING.

MECHANICAL EYE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I2. I914 3, 11,772, Patented May 4, 1915.

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Inventor Jwgafiji/lhm I by s V t Attorneys J. A. MANNING.

MEGHMHCAL EYE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12. 1914.

mwfi/m Patented May 4,1915.-

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nve'ntor Attorneys J. A. MANNING.

MECHANICAL EYE. I APPLICATION men was 12. 1914;

Patented May 4, 1915.

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.MECEANKGAL EYE.

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S meifica'ifion of Letters Patent. Pate t d :M .3 1915 Application filednine 12., 1914. Serial a...

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn A. MANNING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pawtucket, in the county of Providence and Late of RhodeIsland, have invented a new and useful Mechanical Eye, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in mechanical eyes, andmore especially to eyes for use in connection with dolls or other toyanimals or manikins, one object of the present invention, being theprovision of an eye supporting member having a plurality of co-actingattaching means for engagement with the head to which it is connected sothat the support carrying the eye will be rigidly secured in place andbe more durable than the forms of me c hapical eyes now used. i

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a metaleye, the parts of which are preferably stamped and attached together bycooperating means, thus producing an exceedingly durable as well as aninexpensive mechanical eye, and one which may be attached in placewithout the necessity of producing an opening in the top of the head ofthe object as is the usual practice.

With the foregoing and btlier objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein d'sclosed can be made within i Fig.

the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a sectional view taken through a doll headadjacent one eye aperture thereof with the preferred form of mechanicaleye in vertical section. 2 is a rear plan view of the mechanical eye asshown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2 showingthe adjaccnt portion of the doll head. Fig. 4 1s a perspective view ofthe rear plate of the mechanical eye. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of theshield support for the mechanical eye.

Fig. 6 is avertical central sectional View through a modified form ofmechanical eye.

elevation of still eye showing two for movement in and 9 are detailviews of parts unison. v Fig-11 is a View similar to Fig. 10 of stillanother modified form, the eyes bemg mounted for independent swingingmovement. Fig. 12 is a view similar to Fig. 10 of still another modifiedform, the eyes being connected for both sleep-- mg and wide awake aswell as for side glancing movements and for move ment in unison. Fig. 13is a front perspective view of the supportingmember for the eyesillustrated in Fig. 12. Fig. 14 is a longitudinal section through thebar for corn meeting the eyes in Fig.12 for simultaneous movement. Fig.15 is a vertical section through a metallic doll head showing the methodof attaching the support thereto. Fig. 18 is a rear elevation of anothermodi fied form of mechanical eyes carried by the supporting member, asillustrated in Fig. 13. Fig. 17 is a top plan view thereof, the

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eyeball portion of the eye being .shown in dotted lines. Figs. 18, 19,20and 21 are per spective views of details thereofl 22 is a V ew similarto Fig; 16 of stil another modified form of mechanical eye. 28 s a topplan view thereof, a. portion ofuthe supporting member only. be nillustrated. Referring to the drawings, designates the doll head whichmay be taken indicative of any head to which mechanibal eyes are to beattached, a concaved metal support 1, which is preferably nude ofstamped metal being provided with the eye aperture are alinement withthe eye aperture of the doll head, there being formed from the metaladjacent the opening 2, the forward tangs 3 and the rear tangs 4, asclearly shown in Fig. 5, there being two of each of these. In

assembling the present support 1, the tangs are pressed to engage thesolid portion of the head adjacent the eye opening and the cementitiousmaterial. 7 and 8 is then rounded out and about the tangs adjacent thedoll head so as to incase the tangs and ce the adjacent portion ofthesupport around the eye opening 2 thereof so as to produce areinforcement about the support and the adjacent portion of the eyeaperture of the doll head H, to thus rigidly secure the support in placeso that the same willnot be accidentally removed due to the dropping orsudden jarring of the doll head. Two apertured lu'gs'G are carried bythe support 1, the purpose of which will presently appear.

The mechanicaleye as illustrated in'Figs. 1 to 4, consists of thesemi-spherical ineptthe .eye and is held in 5 member 9 bymeans of thebent tangs 10,

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impart a glancing the two eyes, a pivoting 4:0

' provided with the prongs or tangs 30, which bent upon and engage theeyein the desired position.

her 9 carrying thetangs or prongs 10 formed at the. edge thereof andwith the projecting lip 11. A plate 12 constitutes theback of engagementwith the.

' the plate, being provided with the twoin- Wardly projecting lips orflanges 13 and 1 1, in 'the apertures of which are-mounted the pintlesle 16 connected to the lugs of the plate"- l7','. sai..d,plate .17 beingprovided with the oppositely extending arms 18 carrying the pins 19which are adaptedto fit within --'the -apertured lugG of the support 1and thud-support the eye member. for vertical swingi movement. Thepintles and 16 p'rdyldea means whereby mounted for horizontal orglancing move.- ment. swiveling pin 20 is connected cen;

17 and swingingly at- 21. thereto, said lever being for the slidingreception of taches the lever .apertured at 22 the lug 230i the plate12. It will thus 'beseen' that as the lever21 is swung horizon tally,that the engagement thereof withthe lug 23 will impart a horizontalswinging movement to the mechanical eye upon. the axis formed by thepins movement to the eye. A lug 25 is formed upon the backing 12 so'aste -limit the downward movement of the mechanical eye when the eye is infull open position. i a In order to assist in'causing the eye membertomove by gravity, either to produce the openor closed condition or -tl.eglar ing condition, a weight 26 is carried by the lever 21, the samebeing set therein, while in'order to produce a unitary action betweenpin or rivet 27 titted in'the lower end of the lever .21 is attached tothe wrod 28, which is similarly connected to the other-eye.

In the-form of eye shown in Figs. 6

, through '9, the eye is made of semi-spherical sections 29' and 31, themember 29 being are adapted to be member 31 to maintain position shownin Fig. 6.

is provided with the lug 32, which limits the movement of the eye whenthe head is tilted to the rear to produce the sleeping efiect','whilethe pintles 32 formed integral therewith are adapted to it within theapertured lugs 6 of the shield supporting member 1. This eye isconstructed for only the sleeping and wide awake efiect. A weight 33 isattachedto andcarried by the rear section 31 at a pointto assist inholding the A plate 35: is

formedintegral with the member of the eye and. depends downwardly hav ngattached thereto in'one ir stance, the pivot 37 for pivotally the partsin the the eye member is 15. and 16 tothus- The member 31 properlyattach and mount. the lever connectin .the double lu edv g at) which issimilar to the lever 21 heretofore:

3 plate 35 in place for the slidingreception of the free end. of the rod28, the other end of which is connected to. the plate 3 1 of the othereye similarly to the connectionthereof to the lever 21, as heretoforedescribed.

In the. fornrot mechanical eye'as shown in 10,.the member 29 is a hollowsemispherical member made of stamped-metal, the same having the integrallugs or pintles 32 for fitting in the ape rtured lug 6 of the shield 1,an arm or lug 37 being provided at the upper edge and carrying theweight 3? which assists the arm 38 and the weight "39 for imparting-thedesired vertical swinging movement to the'eye. A' rod 28 is pivotal'lyconnectedby the rivet 27 to one of the arms 38-while a double luggedswiv-' eled member 35 which issimilar to the member 35 is connected tothe arm 38 of the other eye'ior properly connecting the rod 28 sothatthe eyes will move in unison. By providing this particular swivelconnection for the rod 28, it isnot essential that the two supports 1must be in exactly the same alinement, due to the peculiar shape of theheadof the toy to whichthe eye isattached, as the swivel connection 27and the double lugged member 35' take care of any. inequalities. e

' In the, form of mechanical eye shown in Fig. 11, the support 1 isconstructed similar to the other supports of the apertured lugs 6 whilethe eye-member has the forward portion 29" constructed similar to themember 29, of Fig. 6, a round back 31 similar to the back 31' beingprovided .andhav'ing an inverted weight-33 and a pendant '34, the rod 28being'dispensed with 'so that the eyes-have independent swingingmovements. These eyes are constructed merely for the wide awake andsleeping effect and similar to that shown in Fig. 6.

In the form of eye shown in Figs. 12, 13 and 14, a single supportingmember 40'for both mechanical eyes is provided, the same being providedwith the apertured lugs 41, the purpose of, which wil presently appear,and with a plurality of tangs or prongs 43 adiacent the eye apertures42, and the cen-' I when this support 1S'.-

tral prongs 4%. Thus positioned in place, the tangs 43 engage the headadjacent the eye apertures thereof, while thetangs .44 engage the headat the rear of the nose bridge, cement being applied to properly holdthe support 4;.0 in place. By this means, which are similar to thestructure shown in Fig. 1, are in proper adjusted position after thesupthe eye members.

assembled upon the support and port i0 is attached to the head. In this1nstance,'a plate 17 having the pintles 19, engages the apertured lugs41 and extends at the rear of both of the eye members 9,

the swiveling rivets 20 being-provided to I ha ' -described, while -"theswiveling rivet 2-7 is attached-to {the lower/end "\ofjthe respectivelevers and forms a 'pivoting conneetion between the bar 45 and the're'speetive eye-mem- '5 ber's, sothat'bothjieye members will move inimison "1a produce; the wide awake and sleep-- ing effect and, theside*g'lanci'ng eifect'. The.

other details of this feye-a-re asparticularly set forth relative'itoFig. '1 through Fig. 4,

1a and-need-not'be describediin' detail."

in the. formpf eye shown-in Fig-1'15, the

doll" head H" is edema of sheet metal, the 5 shield 1" in this instance{being I provided with the aperture 2*," there being no tangs .su'chas-3 and 4 provided-hut the metal of i the doll headas-at 46 isspun'backwardly and around'the' rim "of the aperture?- f the support 1,:"to-thus 'fixedly attach: t e support .to 'themetal doll head. Bythis"means aneat finish looking from the face which the support 1 is rigidlysecured in 'place for the proper support of any of the respective eyeseither'for the-wide awake or sleeping. efi'ect-or for the side glancingeffect.

' As illustratedin Figs.,-16'through 21, the

gs upporting member 40', whi'ch is similar to Y the-supporting member40-of Fig. 12, is

' provided with the apertured lugs ll While '80 the eye'carrying bar ormember. 47 is pro- ;v1de d with the oppositely disposed. pintles Q formounting. within the lugs 41 so that thememberl47 may be permitted avertical movement. This member,- as

010 1 withiithe'bent portions .48 and 49 to accommodate-as will laterappear the sidewise or gQaneingmovement of the eye members 67. Formedintegralwith the member 47 and 40 depending therefrom is [a' plate 51whose lower end is provided with the two ofiset tende infloppositedirections to fit Within the'apertured. lug 68 of the eye'carr'y ngmember 67-, so that the eye carrying member may have, the glancingefi'ect "imparted h i'thereto. i

.. body. of the lever for insertion within the 580 point the same i ispivotedfl'foi' horizontal swinging movement,'and prov1ded with a pin 60which extends through the .arcuate slot54 whilein the lower end isprovided the weight 61,-the said lever 58 being extendthrough the slot53 which lirjmts-th'e S1de side ofjthe headfis' provided and one inarlyillustra in is Provided The plate or lever 58 is provided with the":T-s'haped head 59 bent at right angles to'the' key hole slot ',of;the'member 47, at which .wise movement thereof. The pin 60 enters theaperture 62 of the eye actuating bar 64, th1s bar- 64:; being providedwith the hooked 'ends 65 which fit within the aper'tu'red lugs 66"of.theeyecarrying member 67, so that when the lever 58 is tilted in eitherdirection, the eye member 65 will be operated so as to lugs 68'and-pins57 to impart a glancing "sheet to the semi-spherical eyeball carryingportion It will thus be seen that-When the lever 58 1s tllted at eitherside, that both eye members will have the glancing effect impartedthereto, While when the head of the doll is reclined to 'a sleepingposition, 'the member 47 carrying the eyes and the other parts will tiltto produce the sleeping effect in the mechanical eyes.

In the form ofmechanical eyes shown in Figs. 22 and 23, the support 40which is similar tothesupport 40, is provided with the apertured lugs il'which receives the said member .70 being provided with two concavedportions .71 which constitute the rear portions of the eyes, the forwardportions 75, of which are secured thereto as in the other forms,- therebeing formed integral with the member 70 intermediate of its length ana'ctuatingvdepending portion 73 carrying the Weight 74:. In thisstructure, the eye members are only permitted the What is claimed is: 1.The combination with an imitation pintles 72of the eye carrying bar 70,the

head having an eye aperture, of a mechanical eye, including asupport'carrying an eye member, clamping two diametrically disposedvmeans carried by the support for gripping the rim of the eye apertureof the head to hold the support relatively to the. eye aperture, and acementitious material covering theclampingmea-ns and adhering to the'head and support to augment the attachment of the supportto the head.

2. Amiecha-niczil; eye, including a support having two eye aperturestherethrough, two apertured lugs carried by the support oneat eachendthereof, means carried by the support adjacent'the eye apertures forengag' ing an imitation head, means carried-by the support intermediateof the eye apertures for engaging the imitation head, and two.

eye. members swingingly mounted the "apertured lugsfor movement inunison.

3. A'meehanical eye,'including a support having two eye aperturestherethrough, two

apertured' lugs carried .by' the support one the support intermediate ofthe eye ap'ei 'turesfor engagingzthe im'itation head,*a-

. late 'pivotally mounted infithe apertured ugs for vertical swinging:mo m Q 91 eye membersetteehedithereto. for movement [therewith and forindependent horizontal swinging movement; two, levers 'swingingly',cenneeted to" the p1atejadjacent the: respecv spective. eye mei'nb erwhereby horizontal swinging movement imparted toflthe' lever eyesof theey'e members.

4. The Combination with an imitation will. impart 'a g1eneing. movementto both head, having' a-n eye aperture; and a -meehanieel eye includinga support carrying an. eye memher, .twe. pairs of pl n dj Li m:

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- metrically disposed and carried by the e port, said prongs beingshaped to'fit'up'on l and clamp" the edge 6f the head adjacent the y Yj, opposite sides of the eye aperture-t0 main-i. y. tain'the'supporttothehead, and a-eementitious materialceverin'gt e prongs andrein forcing the portion 'of the head "Intestnneny thetlj'elaim thejfore geing as myown, I haveher'eto eflixedmysi'gne 725.. i e tureiin thepresence of twolwi'tnesses;

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